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Not only do the Outlander Sport’s crash-test results disappoint, it also fails to offer a single major active safety feature, even as an option.

Crash Test Results

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the nonprofit, independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) evaluate vehicles for crashworthiness in the United States. NHTSA assigns cars an overall rating out of five stars. IIHS uses a different set of tests, grades cars on a scale of Good to Poor, and awards the vehicles that perform best across its tests with Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ honors, the latter of which requires that the subject’s automated forward-collision-braking system performs well.

Because it didn’t perform very well in the IIHS’s small-overlap test, the Outlander Sport doesn’t earn top marks. It misses out on NHTSA’s highest ratings as well.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Test Results

2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Test Results

2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

Small Overlap

Moderate Overlap

Side Impact

Roof Strength

Head Restraints and Seats

Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+?

﻿Acceptable

﻿Good

﻿Good

﻿Good

﻿Good

No

Airbags, Child Seats, and Spare Tire Location

Vehicle Tested: 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport LE AWD

Active Safety Features

The Outlander Sport was introduced before active safety features began proliferating in more affordable cars, and Mitsubishi hasn’t seen fit to update it with any of the systems that are becoming commonplace among its competitors.